Interpreting Portfolio
Andrea K. Smith provides professional interpreting services for users of American Sign Language (ASL) in the United States and abroad. She is highly skilled in all aspects of interpreting between English and American Sign Language, Tactile sign, and SEE. She specializes in legal settings, cleared work, platform (especially concerts and plays), heavy sign-to-voice work, and scientific/technical content. Please scroll down for PDF copies of Andrea's interpreting certifications and resume.
Settings
Andrea works in all manner of settings including:
- Legal
- Cleared Work/Government
- Scientific/Technical
- Mental Health/Medical
- Post-Secondary Education
- Social Services
- Business
- Accounting/Financials
- Real Estate
- Performance/Concerts/Platform
- Deaf-Blind/Close-Visual/Tactile
Experience
Andrea is in private practice seeking direct contract work in the DC Metro area in any of the settings listed above. The bulk of her current work is in legal, cleared, and platform settings. While she is based in DC, she is available to travel anywhere in the United States and to most international countries.
Andrea has been providing professional ASL interpreting services since 2000; she began her interpreting career in the Pacific Northwest as a subcontractor for various referral services. She began her private practice there and then pursued it exclusively upon her move to the East Coast.
Andrea began teaching in a professional development setting in 2005. She has taught several workshops on taxes and financial management for interpreters at various professional conferences. In 2006, she added a workshop on concert interpreting. For more details about Andrea's interpreting and teaching experience, please see her PDF resume.
Clientèle Listing
This list in not inclusive and represents only major clients
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- National GeoSpatial Intelligence Agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Maryland Judicial Center
- DC Superior Court
- Heller, Ehrman, White, and McAuliffee
- University of Maryland
- Community College of Baltimore County
- Georgetown University
- George Mason University
- George Washington University
- Hensel Phelps Construction Company
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- PCRID
- Sprint/Nextel
- Deaf REACH
- Kaplan
- Kennedy Center
- Merrill Lynch
- USPS
- Smithsonian Institute
- Library of Congress
Interpreting Certification & Resume
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